| Edition |
Large print edition. |
| Description |
603 pages (large print) ; 23 cm |
| Physical Medium |
large print rdafs |
| Series |
Thorndike Press large print core
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| Note |
Published in 2021 by arrangement with Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. |
| Summary |
"In That Time of Year, Garrison Keillor looks back on his life and recounts how a Brethren boy with writerly ambitions grew up in a small town on the Mississippi in the 1950s and, seeing three good friends die young, turned to comedy and radio. Through a series of unreasonable lucky breaks, he founded A Prairie Home Companion and put himself in line for a good life, including mistakes, regrets, and a few medical adventures. PHC lasted forty-two years, 1,557 shows, and enjoyed the freedom to do as it pleased for three or four million listeners every Saturday at 5 p.m. Central. He got to sing with Emmylou Harris and Renée Fleming and once sang two songs to the U.S. Supreme Court. He played a private eye and a cowboy, gave the news from his hometown, Lake Wobegon, and met Somali cabdrivers who'd learned English from listening to the show. He wrote bestselling novels, won a Grammy and a National Humanities Medal, and made a movie with Robert Altman with an alarming amount of improvisation. He says, "I was unemployable and managed to invent work for myself that I loved all my life, and on top of that I married well. That's the secret, work and love. And I chose the right ancestors, impoverished Scots and Yorkshire farmers, good workers. I'm heading for eighty, and I still get up to write before dawn every day.""-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
My life -- My people -- All you need to know -- Luncheonette -- At the farm -- Liberation -- Poverty -- Aunts -- You are welcome -- The trip to New York City -- The amazing year, part 1 -- The amazing year, part 2 -- Radio -- Newspapering -- The Guntzels -- Settling in -- Radio days -- Joe -- A Prairie Home Companion -- An essay on cowardice -- Coast to coast -- I found a great sorrow -- Climbing out ot the soup -- A good life -- Friendship and fame -- John and Grace -- Mitral valve -- You're the top -- Altman -- Ingenuity! Art! Good luck! Goodbye! -- Seventy -- An easy descent into oblivion -- The CEO -- Toast. |
| Subject |
Keillor, Garrison.
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Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Authors, American -- 21st century -- Biography.
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Humorists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Humorists, American -- 21st century -- Biography.
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Radio broadcasters -- United States -- Biography.
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Minnesota -- Biography.
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Large type books.
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Keillor, Garrison. (OCoLC)fst00075989
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Authors, American. (OCoLC)fst00821764
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Humorists, American. (OCoLC)fst00963739
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Large type books. (OCoLC)fst00992678
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Radio broadcasters. (OCoLC)fst01087222
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Minnesota. (OCoLC)fst01204560
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1900-2099
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| Genre/Form |
Large type books.
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Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Autobiographies.
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| ISBN |
9781432888312 (hardcover) |
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1432888315 (hardcover) |
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